Smith versus Wellesley versus McGill

Scrabble
Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:07:38 +0000

Accept your place on the wait list at Wellesley (this does not mean you have to go there if the eventually offer you a place). I think Smith is well-known, and I’ve heard of McGill. Smith is in a great town - Northampton - that is only about 2 hr from Boston. I grew up near there. But it also has a reputation for activism - sometimes, false activism. In the words of one graduate I know, “All the girls who go there become lesbian activists for whatever cause for four years, then go off and get married and drive SUVs.” Montreal is great but the locals can be snotty to you if you do not speak French - which obviously you do, so it would probably be great immersion for you, but there is the attitude still to consider. And so what if it is not well known in the U.S.? Statistically, people in the US know (on average) the least about the actual people/culture of other nations than do people from anywhere else.